Lawrenceville Truck Accident Lawyer

Truck crashes can have many causes, but the most common reason they happen is human error. Sometimes, collisions are caused by reckless or aggressive driving on the part of the trucker. In other cases, the truck driver may not have had sufficient rest, might have been distracted, or might have been under the influence of perhaps drugs or alcohol at the time of the accident.

In many cases, truck wrecks arise from negligence on behalf of the truck driver, owner, and/or trucking company. One of the most common factors in this category is truck maintenance. Maintenance standards are covered by federal and state safety regulations, but these mandates too often go ignored. This can include tire under- or over-inflation, tire tread problems, or failure to maintain tires and change them when they need to be changed. 

Beyond tires, something like a rusted or damaged mechanical part of the truck can weaken or fail, resulting in a crash. Improper maintenance can also result in “metal fatigue.” This is when the metal in various components has been used for too long without being replaced. If maintenance is ignored long enough, metal fatigue can cause major systems such as the brakes or even the chassis (the load-bearing framework of the truck) to fail, leading to catastrophic accidents.